Den Haag Architecture : Buildings in The Hague

Den Haag Building News

2 Mar 2018Hof van Duivenvoorde, just west of Voorschoten, east of Den HaagDesign: 70F architectureimage courtesy of architectsDuivenvoorde Visitors Centre Building
This Dutch visitors center is a ‘living’ building. Hof van Duivenvoorde (Duivenvoordes Courtyard) has nine movable facade parts that open up the building in the morning and close it at night.

23 Nov 2017EurojustArchitects: Mecanoophoto from architectsEurojust Den Haag
Eurojust is the EU-judicial cooperation unit dealing with cross-border crime. The new headquarters for Eurojust in the International Zone of The Hague were developed together with the Central Government Real Estate Agency, the Ministry of Justice and Security and the municipality. The twelve-storey building has more than four hundred workplaces and accommodates the national representatives of the EU Member States and three non-EU countries, supported by an administrative department.

18 Aug 2016E-line Station in the HagueDesign: Zwarts & Jansma Architects ZJAimage from architectsE-line Station Den Haag
The new departure station E-line The Hague (HSE) is set to open. After a construction period of less than two years, the first metros will depart from the new station. The showpiece of the station is the canopy of the platforms, which consists of curved glass and steel.

Anna van Buerenplein Tower, Den Haag, The NetherlandsDesign: Wiel Arets Architectsphotos : Jan BitterAnna van Buerenplein Tower – 24 Dec 2012
he AvB Tower will be located on the Anna van Bueren square in the center of The Hague and is an extension of the ‘commuter-leisure’ concept currently emerging in the world’s metropolises The Anna van Bueren square serves as the lobby for AvB Tower, within which a hybrid program will be realized that can be seen as an extension of the commuter-leisure concept.

Den Haag Building – Latest Designs

Moerwijk HousingDesign: Atelier Kempe Thillphoto copyright Ulrich Schwarz, BerlinDen Haag Housing – 4 Sep 2012
‘Ennobled Modernity’ – In 2006, Atelier Kempe Thill was commissioned to design Block 10 in the Moerwijk neighborhood of The Hague with eighty-eight apartments and twenty-seven terraced houses as the result of a negotiation procedure by Vestia, the largest building corporation in the Netherlands. Moerwijk is a typical restructuring area with residential buildings from the nineteen-sixties, as also exist in many large cities in the Netherlands. Also here, the city and housing corporations agreed on the comprehensive demolition of the entire area rather than renovation of the existing buildings.

Eurojust BuildingDesign: Mecanoo / Haskoningimage from architectEurojust Building The Hague – 21 Mar
The Mecanoo-Haskoning design team is the winner for the realisation of the new Eurojust headquarters in The Hague. The design visions of four candidates were judged on the following aspects: architectural quality, urban integration and landscape , functionality and programme of requirements, maintenance and sustainability, and integrated design process. The winning team made the highest score on these aspects. The jury, consisting of representatives of the Ministry of Safety and Justice, Eurojust, the Municipality of The Hague and the Government Buildings Agency, chaired by the Government Architect, has announced the winner.

Den Haag Buildings

Major Buildings in The Hague, alphabetical:

‘de Baljurk’ ‘Ballgown façade’
2004Design: Eric Vreedenburgh – Archipelontwerpersphoto from architectsBaljurk Den Haag
Building sheathed in gold-coloured wire cloth
Located near the Old Passage in city centre